The Brontes for Boys (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781919536934)

Kit used to believe great love stories were dangerous nonsense, until he fell for two very real boys under the shadow of the Brontës. Starting over at a northern university after a career-ending dance injury, he finds himself caught between Marcus, a wild, all-or-nothing hillwalker who pulls him out onto the moors, and Gerald, the careful, clever law student who offers warmth, safety and a future. As Kit and his friends study Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, their own relationships begin to mirror the Brontës' worlds of houses and moors, obsession and self-respect, forcing him to choose what kind of love story he can live with, and what kind of ending he can survive.

Book 1 in the 5-book Romance for Boys series.

A queer, contemporary campus novel that brings the Brontës into a modern northern university and asks who gets left out of "universal" love stories.

Centred on a tight-knit group of gay and bi first-year men whose "Romance for Boys" kitchen book club becomes a lifeline.

Explores chronic injury and disability support with nuance, showing the grind of forms, physio and "lifestyle modifications" alongside the lure of risk and wild landscape.

Offers a rare, class-conscious take on moorland romance - emphasising land, labour and local knowledge rather than cartoon Gothic.

Balances humour (group chat banter, bad pasta, kitchen chaos) with serious interrogation of masculinity, vulnerability and consent.

Ideal for readers of contemporary queer literary fiction, campus novels, and those who grew up loving or hating Wuthering Heights and want to see it argued with on the page.

Emotionally intense but not grimdark; hopeful without being sentimental.